δαψιλής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the aorist stem of δάπτω (dáptō, “to devour, consume”), with a suffix in -ιλ-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dap.si.lɛ̌ːs/ → /ðap.siˈlis/ → /ðap.siˈlis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dap.si.lɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /dap.siˈle̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðap.siˈlis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðap.siˈlis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðap.siˈlis/

Adjective

δᾰψῐλής • (dăpsĭlḗs) m or f (neuter δᾰψῐλές); third declension

1. abundant, plentiful, copious
2. (of space) ample, wide
3. (of persons) liberal, profuse

Declension

Third declension of δᾰψῐλής; δᾰψῐλές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		δᾰψῐλής dăpsĭlḗs	δᾰψῐλές dăpsĭlés		δᾰψῐλεῖ dăpsĭleî	δᾰψῐλεῖ dăpsĭleî		δᾰψῐλεῖς dăpsĭleîs	δᾰψῐλῆ dăpsĭlê
Genitive		δᾰψῐλοῦς dăpsĭloûs	δᾰψῐλοῦς dăpsĭloûs		δᾰψῐλοῖν dăpsĭloîn	δᾰψῐλοῖν dăpsĭloîn		δᾰψῐλῶν dăpsĭlôn	δᾰψῐλῶν dăpsĭlôn
Dative		δᾰψῐλεῖ dăpsĭleî	δᾰψῐλεῖ dăpsĭleî		δᾰψῐλοῖν dăpsĭloîn	δᾰψῐλοῖν dăpsĭloîn		δᾰψῐλέσῐ / δᾰψῐλέσῐν dăpsĭlésĭ(n)	δᾰψῐλέσῐ / δᾰψῐλέσῐν dăpsĭlésĭ(n)
Accusative		δᾰψῐλῆ dăpsĭlê	δᾰψῐλές dăpsĭlés		δᾰψῐλεῖ dăpsĭleî	δᾰψῐλεῖ dăpsĭleî		δᾰψῐλεῖς dăpsĭleîs	δᾰψῐλῆ dăpsĭlê
Vocative		δᾰψῐλές dăpsĭlés	δᾰψῐλές dăpsĭlés		δᾰψῐλεῖ dăpsĭleî	δᾰψῐλεῖ dăpsĭleî		δᾰψῐλεῖς dăpsĭleîs	δᾰψῐλῆ dăpsĭlê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		δᾰψῐλῶς dăpsĭlôs			δᾰψῐλέστερος dăpsĭlésteros			δᾰψῐλέστᾰτος dăpsĭléstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• δᾰψῐ́λειᾱ (dăpsĭ́leiā)
• δᾰψῐλεύομαι (dăpsĭleúomai)

Further reading

• “δαψιλής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δαψιλής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δαψιλής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δαψιλής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN